- NEW YORK - The official death
New York CIty toll in the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade
Center has been revised steadily downward, and now stands at below 4,000,
city officials said.
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- However, the New York Times on October 25 published an
independent toll placing the number of missing and dead at 2,950, some
1,800 less than the city's figure at the time of 4,817.
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- A New York city spokesman responded to the Times' figure
by saying: "Ours is a much more comprehensive list."
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- Both The Associated Press and USA Today also have lists
tabulating fewer than 3,000 dead and missing.
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- A high of more than 6,500 in mid-September has steadily
declined, apart from minor spikes, as duplications have been discovered
and people reported as missing have been found.
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- The latest tally on Tuesday gave the total of dead and
missing as 3,948.
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- Authorities update their figures on a daily basis as
bodies are pulled from the rubble of the wrecked buildings. Names are
eliminated
by cross-checking and sometimes finding that people were listed in
error.
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- Dozens of names have been dropped from the list as
foreign
consulates revise their claims of the numbers of their nationals initially
believed to have been in the Twin Towers at the time of the attack.
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